A man suffered a head injury after tripping and falling 50 feet down the Great Orme .

Emergency crews, including the coastguard and air ambulance, were called out just before 3pm this afternoon after reports the man had fallen down loose shingle above Marine Drive.

He was treated at the scene for around one-and-a-half hours before being taken by land ambulance to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd with a head injury described as non-life threatening.

An eyewitness said: “The air ambulance had to perform a delicate manoeuvre to let out a paramedic on the Orme so he could go and tend to the man who looked like he had slipped down the shingle area above Marine Road.

“The helicopter then went and landed on Marine Drive. There was a land ambulance parked there as well.

“It seemed really serious and they attended to the man for well over an hour.”

A North Wales Ambulance spokeswoman said: “We were called at 2.55pm to reports a man had tripped and fallen around 15 metres down the Great Orme.

“One ambulance crew and the air ambulance attended and the man was taken by land ambulance to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd with a head injury, which is not thought to be life-threatening.